that companies should be able to sue trade unions which broke agreements. A Marplan poll showed that half of the trade unionists questioned opposed unlawful action in defiance of the Act. Less than 50% of trade unionists in a MORI poll supported the TUC campaign, and a Gallup poll found that over 50% of the public and trade unionists believed that leaders of trade union who broke the law should be sent to prison. Tebbit in his memoirs says of the Act: "I have no doubt that Act was my greatest achievement in Government and I believe it has been one of the principal pillars on which the Thatcher economic reforms have been built." Notes External links TUC poster against "Tebbit's Law" Conservative Campaign Guide 1983 Employment Act 1982 c.46 United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1982 United Kingdom labour law Trade union legislation 1982 in labor relations